Later Is Where We Lose It — The Secret of Matzah and Time

 Later Is Where We Lose It — The Secret of Matzah and Time   In the middle of everything—sirens, uncertainty, a world that feels anything butcalm—my grandchildren sat in a yishuv and made matzah. Just flour, water, and aclock. And watching them, it hit me: nothing dramatic is happening in thatmoment. No miracles. No splitting seas. Just a quiet race against time. Becausefrom the second the water touches the flour, something begins. And if you waittoo long… it changes.    This morning’s class is about that space—the space between inspiration and action, between “I should” and “I did.” Chazal teach us that a mitzvah can become chametz, not by rejecting it, but by delaying it. And that may be the most dangerous place in our lives. Not the moments we fail—but the moments we hesitate. Because sometimes, later… is where everything is lost.